Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Severe Storms Hit Kentucky
KENTUCKY....
A massive storm carrying heavy rain and severe winds pounded parts of Kentucky Wednesday, as weather forecasters predicted possible winds of up to 60 mph., and, for some, it became deadly. In eastern Kentucky, 37 year old Vanessa Bishop of Closplint, was killed early Wednesday when her car hydroplaned on Kentucky 38 and struck a tree in Harlan County. Floyd County officials reported strong winds ripped off the roof of East Kentucky Therapy building in Prestonsburg, and some homes were damaged when trees fell on them, and dozens of power lines were downed. In Adair County, rescue squads searched along Harrodsfork Creek by boat, horseback and four-wheeler before finding the body of a man authorities said set out by tractor in a rainstorm Tuesday night to try to rescue his wife after her vehicle ended up in the flooded waterway. Kaitlyn Griffin, a pregnant 17-year-old died in Somerset after heavy winds split a tree that toppled on her while she and another teenager were unloading a vehicle. The storm dumped nearly 3 inches of rain on parts of Kentucky, and the state received reports of several thousand power outages.
A massive storm carrying heavy rain and severe winds pounded parts of Kentucky Wednesday, as weather forecasters predicted possible winds of up to 60 mph., and, for some, it became deadly. In eastern Kentucky, 37 year old Vanessa Bishop of Closplint, was killed early Wednesday when her car hydroplaned on Kentucky 38 and struck a tree in Harlan County. Floyd County officials reported strong winds ripped off the roof of East Kentucky Therapy building in Prestonsburg, and some homes were damaged when trees fell on them, and dozens of power lines were downed. In Adair County, rescue squads searched along Harrodsfork Creek by boat, horseback and four-wheeler before finding the body of a man authorities said set out by tractor in a rainstorm Tuesday night to try to rescue his wife after her vehicle ended up in the flooded waterway. Kaitlyn Griffin, a pregnant 17-year-old died in Somerset after heavy winds split a tree that toppled on her while she and another teenager were unloading a vehicle. The storm dumped nearly 3 inches of rain on parts of Kentucky, and the state received reports of several thousand power outages.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 6:26 PM 
